Hat holder



Oct. 11, 1927. 1,645,478

J. H. GIBSON HAT HOLDER Filed June 24, 1926 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS PatentedGet. 11, 1927. h UNITED STATES 1,645,47-e PATENT OFFICE.

' JAMES HENRY GIBSON, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HAT HOLDER.

Application filed June 24,

This invention relates to a hat holder adapted to be attached to asuitable support with which it combines to releasably hold a hat.

The principal object is a hat holder of extremely simple construction,inezgpensive to produce, and capable of application to a suitablesupport, such as the side door of an automobile, the back of the frontseat thereof, or on the backs of theater chairs,

or on any available support suitable for the intended purposes.

With the foregoing, other objects of the invention will appear from theembodiment of the invention which by way of example is described in thefollowing specification and illustrated in the accompanving drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a view illustrating the hat holder of the presentinvention in use.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of F g. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

The hat holder consists of a device 10, and attaching means 11 foreffecting the attachment of the device 10. In the present embodiment,the device 10, and all but the securing elements of the attaching means11 3 are produced from two pieces of material, one piece being in theform of an elastic strip, and the other piece of an inelastic cord orthe like. The opposite ends of the inelastic cord are attached to theelastic strip. Under this arrangement the device 10 will consist of anelastic hat crown engaging section 12 and an inelastic hat crownengaging section 13. The opposite ends of the section 13 may be securedin any suitable manner, and in the present instance are attached inloops 14 formed in the strip of elastic material to respectively receivethe ends of the section 13, the said ends then being sewed to the loops.

The attaching means 11 will include the elastic sections 15 beyond theloops 14, which, it will be observed are at opposite ends respectivelyof the device 10. Suitable fastening elements16 are provided forsecuring the ends of the elastic sections 15 to any suitable supportsuch as the one designated 17 in the drawing, which represents theinside of a door of an automobile.

The inelastic section 13 of the device 10 is longer than the elasticsection 12 in its normal condition, or in other words, before 1926.'Serial No. 118,399.

it is stretched. A hat is held in place by engaging the sections 12 and13 with the crown thereof so that the inelastic section 13 will embraceany part of the side portion of the crown as at 18, and the elasticsection 12 will be disposed over the top of the crown as indicated at19. In this way a hat will be effectively and releasably retained inplace. If desired the section 12 may be made to embrace the side of thecrown of the hat opposite to that embraced or engaged by the section 13.By providing the elastic sections 15, greater facility is had in the hatholding and hat removing operations.

I claim:

1. A hat holder comprising'a device engageable with the crown of a hatto hold the hat in place, said device consisting of an elastic crownengaging section, and an inelastic crown engaging section, saidinelastic crown engaging section connected to said elastic crownengaging section; and attaching means for effecting the attachment ofsaid device.

2. A hat holder comprising a device engageable with the crown of a hatto hold the hat in place, said device consistin of an elastic crownengaging section, an an inelastic crown engaging section, said inelasticcrown engaging section being longer than the elastic crown engagingsection when the latter is in its normal condition; and attaching meansfor effecting the attachment of said device.

3. A hat holder comprising a device engageable with the crown of a hatto hold the hat in place, said device consisting of an elastic crownengaging section, and an inelastic crown engaging section; and attachingmeans for effecting the attachment of said device, said attaching meansincluding elastic members, there being one elastic member connected toeach side of said device.

4. A hat holder comprising a device engageable with the crown of a hatto hold the hat in place, said device consisting of an elastic crownengaging section, and an in elastic crown engaging section; andattaching means for effecting the attachment of said device, saidattaching means including elastic members, there being one elasticmember connected to each end of said elastic crown engaging section.

5. The combination with a support, of a hat holder comprising an elasticstrip, hat holder comprising an elastic strip, means means attachingeach end of said elastic attaching each end of said elastic strip tostrip to said support, said elastic strip dissaid support, said elasticstrip disposed con- 1 posed contiguous said support, and an intiguoussaid support, and a flexible inelastic 5 elastic member having theopposite ends member having the opposite ends thereof thereof secured tosaid elastic strip. secured to said elastic strip.

6. The combination with a support, of a JAMES HENRY GIBSON.

